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Peak Pursuits

Welcome to Peak Pursuits, where we chase dirt-packed trails, soaring ridgelines and the thrill of a finish line like no other. Hosted by trail obsessives and elite runners Simone Brick, Brodie Nankervis, Vlad Ixel and Jess Jason — plus deep-dives with James Sieber — we bring you candid chats with Australia’s top trail runners.Expect behind-the-scenes stories, honest conversations about training, injuries, mindset and balancing life off-trail; plus the latest on Aussie races, events and endurance

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81:36

Episode 79: GTWS Final, Moab240, and Running Safety...

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2025/10/15

Welcome to Episode 79 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This episode is hosted by Sim Brick and Vlad Ixel, with a brief update from Brodie before his internet drops out. The team covers training updates, a listener question on how to stay safe and find people to run with while travelling, and results from the GTWS final, Moab 240 and the TRSA Trail Championship.Results:Moab240: https://trackleaders.com/moab240-25GTWS Final:

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85:02

Roller Coaster Run 2025: Race Preview and Predictions

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2025/10/14

The Roller Coaster Run is back this weekend, and James and Brodie are here to break down everything you need to know ahead of the 23k and 46k events in the Dandenongs.From course strategy to weather forecasts, they unpack how to approach the climbs, what makes this course deceptively tough, and why pacing will make or break your day. The pair run through the men’s and women’s elite fields — featuring names like Lucy Bartholomew, Demi Caldwell, Mike Carroll, and Tyla Windham — sharing their insights

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64:16

Episode 78: Sim and Vlad Chat Trail Running in Aus!

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2025/10/08

Welcome to Episode 78 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This episode is hosted by Sim Brick and Vlad Ixel and covers a deeper discussion on the World Champs including where trail running is at as a sport in Australia compared to other areas of the world and some of the areas we see as athletes where improvements could be made. Tied into this is a listener question around why some athletes choose world champs vs UTMB or vice versa, before finishing off

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61:19

Episode 77: World Champs Review!

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2025/10/01

Welcome to Episode 77 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This episode is hosted by Brodie Nankervis and Vlad Ixel and covers everything World Champs, including Vlad’s race recap in the short trail, their thoughts on the overall winners, our Aussie results and more.Our Aussie team did us proud!Results: https://canfrancpirineos2025wmtrc.com/live.html***Don’t forget, use code PPP at https://bix-hydration.myshopify.com/en-au for 20% off Bix products,

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65:00

Nath Pearce and Fraser Darcy Takeover: WMTRC Part 1!

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2025/09/29

In this episode we give free reign to Nathan Pearce and Fraser Darcy to chat all things Uphill and Mountain Classic at WMTRC, recorded before they arrived in Spain. Hear about their preparations, how they are feeling going into the race and the usual banter you would always expect from these two!Any questions for their part 2 post race, comment or message them through!Thanks for joining us on Peak Pursuits! Connect with us on Instagram @peakpursuits.pod and share your thoughts, questions, or your

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100:36

Episode 76 with Charlie Hamilton: Hownslow Recap,...

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2025/09/23

Welcome to Episode 76 of Peak Pursuits, your go-to podcast for trail running in Australia and beyond. World Champs week is upon us! So this week Sim and James sit down with Charlie Hamilton to talk about all things World Champs, after a brief Hownslow 17k recap from Charlie and an update from James and Sim.Hear their thoughts on who the courses suit, who amongst the favourites of each race they think will win, and some crazy stories of athletes backing up! Make sure you follow along and cheer our

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94:40

Episode 75 with Blake Turner: WMTRC Course Insights,...

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2025/09/16

Welcome to Episode 75 of Peak Pursuits, your go-to podcast for trail running in Australia and beyond. This week, James is hosting and is joined by Vlad and Blake Turner, both live from Spain as they prepare for the Canfranc World Mountain and Trail Running Championships.Hear first-hand their impressions of the brutal short-course profile, the art of pacing on European terrain, and how they’re balancing training with life abroad. We also dive into recovery strategies after ultras, the recent doping

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39:03

Trish McKibbin: Fueling, Family, and the Trail to...

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2025/09/12

Trish McKibbin returns to the show ahead of representing Australia at the World Mountain & Trail Running Championships. In this episode, she reflects on navigating relative energy deficiency (RED-S), the lessons learned from Tarawera and APTRC and how changes to her nutrition, recovery, and training have reshaped her approach.We also discuss the balance between family, work, and elite-level preparation, along with the confidence she’s drawing from her past international race experiences.***Don’t

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74:14

Episod 74: Meet Robbie Rorich, Athlete Life in Font...

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2025/09/10

Welcome to Episode 74 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This episode is hosted by Sim Brick, Jess Jason, and a special guest Robbie Rorich who is training in Font Romeu with Jess! Get to know Robbie and his approach to trail running, hear how Jess is feeling ahead of World Champs, get an update from Sim, answers to listener questions and more!Results:Six Foot Track: https://thetimingguysresults.com/list/sixfoot/2025/6FT/Coastal Classic:

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68:41

Hounslow Classic Preview

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2025/09/09

Hounslow Classic is just around the corner, and our friends at SingleTrack have assembled a stellar field of Australia’s best trail athletes to battle it out in the blue mountains this weekend!James and Brodie dive into the course and discuss the fields in both the 17km and 42km. There will be some fierce battles across all races, what are you looking forward to?***Don’t forget, use code PPP at https://bix-hydration.myshopify.com/en-au for 20% off Bix products, exclusive to PPP listeners!***Thanks

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46:28

Miah Noble: Representing Australia and Finding New...

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2025/09/09

Miah Noble is a trail runner on the rise in Australia, with a slew of impressive runs under her belt already that have earned her a spot on the team representing Australia at the WMTRC this month. Alongside that though, Miah has been on a much more important life journey as she finds new strength and joy through recovering from an Eating Disorder. Eating Disorders affect so many in our sport in a myriad of ways, and Miah has been powerfully sharing the highs and lows as she emerges from the thick of

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88:18

Episode 73: Aussie UTMB Review!

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2025/09/03

Welcome to Episode 73 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This episode is hosted by Sim Brick, Brodie Nankervis and Vlad Ixel and covers the top Aussie results of UTMB Week! Hear our top Aussie overall and category results from every race distance and the crews thoughts on some of the standouts or the hard days.To everyone that got out there and raced, huge congrats!We finish by bringing it back to Aus for the Wonderland Trail Run results and some quick

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32:40

Matt Crehan: Pre-WMTRC Interview

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2025/08/31

Matt Crehan returns to the show ahead of representing Team Australia at the 2025 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships, where he will also serve as team co-captain. In this conversation, Matt reflects on a fourth-place finish at UTA100, a rollercoaster race at Lavaredo marked by both joy and stomach issues, and how his mindset toward running has shifted from pure performance to rediscovering enjoyment.We also dive into his training philosophy with coach Dave Byrne, balancing speed work with

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77:46

Sarah-Jayne Miller: Balancing Family, Teaching, and...

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2025/08/28

On this episode of Peak Pursuits, we sit down with SJ Miller — mother of three, high school teacher, and one of Australia’s highest-ranked trail runners. From her breakout in 2014 at Buffalo Stampede to her return to the national team in 2025, SJ shares the highs and lows of racing at the pointy end while juggling work, family, and life on the move as a Defence Force family. We talk through her UTA injury and recovery, the community that has carried her through countless relocations, and the mindset

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90:13

Episode 72: AUSSIE UTMB PREVIEW!

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2025/08/26

Welcome to Episode 72 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This episode is hosted by Sim Brick, Brodie Nankervis and guest host Nathan Pearce as Nathan prepares to race at ETC this week. Start off by hearing an unfortunate update from Brodie that sparks a discussion on guilt, dealing with injuries, and decision making as an athlete, before Sim thankfully brings much better news and stories than last week as she gets back into training well again in

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64:47

Andrew Gaskell: WMTRC Pre-Race Interview

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2025/08/25

Tasmanian trail runner Andrew Gaskell has one of the most remarkable backstories in the sport. In this episode, he shares how football and a bucket-list marathon led him to ultras, why the trails of kunanyi/Mt Wellington feel like home, and his rise onto the Australian World Championships team.We also revisit his extraordinary 2016 survival ordeal in the jungles of Borneo, the lessons it taught him, and how he continues to thrive on some of the toughest terrain in the country. Tune in to hear the

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65:17

Blake Turner: 2025 WMTRC Pre-Interview

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2025/08/23

Blake Turner joins us for a wide-ranging conversation on his journey from climbing mountains in the Himalayas and stage racing through Patagonia to racing at the very top of the sport. We talk about his transition from adventure-driven runs to performance-focused competition, the injuries and setbacks that nearly derailed his career, and the breakthroughs that came from building a strong support team around him.Blake shares insights from his Golden Trail Series season, the lessons learned at OCC,

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56:49

Episode 71: Transcend Ultra, Sim Out of CCC, and...

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2025/08/18

Welcome to Episode 71 of Peak Pursuits, your ultimate podcast for everything trail running in Australia. This episode is hosted by Vlad Ixel and Sim Brick as they battle with mountain internet from Italy and France respectively. Hear how Vlad got 9500m of vert into the week with a race in Italy to cap it off, and get an unfortunate storytime with Sim about her misfortune that has led to her pulling out of CCC.Then the team discusses the announcement of the WMTRC in 2027 for Cape Town in South Africa

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Kellie Angel & Ben Burgess: UTA Podium, West Mac...

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2025/08/17

On this Trail Running Podcast, we sit down with Ben Burgess and Kellie Angel for another catch up on the show.Kellie reflects on her third place at UTA 100 mile before diving into an incredible two-week experience at the HOKA Pro Trail Camp in Europe. Ben shares his course record run at West Macs Monster and a second place finish at a Sky Race in Andorra.Together, they take us inside their recent 80km recce of the World Mountain & Trail Running Championships long course, breaking down the

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62:13

Hannah McRae: Chasing Mountains from Tassie to the...

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2025/08/15

On this Trail Running Podcast, we sit down with Hannah McRae — fresh from a year that’s taken her from Buffalo Stampede to Lavaredo and onto the Australian team for the 2025 World Mountain & Trail Running Championships.We talk about her path from Six Foot Track to UTMB, balancing night shifts as a vet, and chasing big mountain goals.***Don’t forget, use code PPP at Bix’s website for 20% off Bix products, exclusive to PPP listeners!***Thanks for tuning in to Peak Pursuits! Connect with us on

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